At CMU’s Annual Buggy Races, It’s All About Innovation

Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Every year since 1920, a relay race takes place during Carnegie Mellon University’s annual Spring Carnival. But this race requires more than just a team in running shoes — contestants must have a buggy.
CMU students carefully design and build aerodynamic pushcarts, otherwise known as buggies, in preparation for the big race. Then, this Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., those students race their creations on a tr